Growing Up Hoosier

The day before Clarence Cornish’s tenth birthday in 1908, he had just pitched some hay to Brown, the family’s horse, when he tumbled from the haymow and landed on the barn floor. The tine of the pitchfork he was using shallowly pierced his face a fraction of an inch from his eye. Fortunately, chance...

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Published inCap Cornish, Indiana Pilot p. 1
Main Author Ingraham, Ruth Ann
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Purdue University Press 15.06.2014
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Aerospace engineering
Applied arts
Applied sciences
Architecture
Armed conflict
Arts
Aviation
Buildings
Business
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Children
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Communications technology
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Dwellings
Engineering
Homes
Human geography
Human populations
Industrial sectors
Industry
Manufacturing industries
Metropolitan areas
Military science
Military uniforms
Persons
Political geography
Political science
Population studies
Residential buildings
Social sciences
Technology
Telegraph
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Summary:The day before Clarence Cornish’s tenth birthday in 1908, he had just pitched some hay to Brown, the family’s horse, when he tumbled from the haymow and landed on the barn floor. The tine of the pitchfork he was using shallowly pierced his face a fraction of an inch from his eye. Fortunately, chance left him with only a flesh wound. His vision spared, he would go on to become a pioneering pilot who helped shape both Indiana’s and the nation’s early aviation history. On a sunny May morning in 1918, the wings of a flimsy Flying Jenny aircraft, aided
ISBN:1557536848
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